Fountain paint-brush.



@IUI/M PATENTED MAY 29, 1906. G. MEYER & C. G. BRAUN.

FOUNTAIN PAINT BRUSH.

APPLIoATloN FILED Nov. 22.19%.

'GOT'IFRIED MEYER AND CHARLES BRAUN, OF PHILADELPHIA,

PENNSYLVANIA.

FOUNTAIN PAINT-BRUSH;

yspecificata'ion o1' Letters Patent.

irai-.enten may 29, 1906.

vApplication filed November 22, 1905- vSerial No. 288,563,

' T0 all whom, 'it nmy concerm.

Be it known that we, GoTTFnIEn MEYER and CHARLES G. BRAUN, citizens ofthe United States, residing vat Philadelpl'iia, in the county of Philadelphia vand State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Fountain Paint-Brush, of which'the following is a speci.- fication.,

This. inveiition'relates to fountain paintbrushes, and has .for its object to improve the constructionl and increase the .elliciency and utility of devices of this character.

With. these and other objects in view, which'will appear as the nature of the ii'iven tion is better understood, the inventioi consists in certain novel features of construction, as hereinafter fully described and claimed.

vIn the accompanying drawings, forming a part-of this specification, and in which corresponding parts are denoted by like desigiiatf ing characters, is illustrated the preferred form of the embodiment of the invention ca pable of carrying the same into practical operation, lit being understood that various chan es in the form, proportion, and minor detai s of construction may be resorted to Without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this inveiition Within the scope of the appended claims. In the drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional ele vation of a portion of the reservoir for the paint with the combined air-supply mechani ism and outlet-valve connected thereto. Fig.

2 is a sectional view of the fouiitaiii-brush- Fig. 3 is 'a sectional view of the brush on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

The improved device comprises a reser-I voir or tank for the supply of paint having a relatively large discharge-aperture, a valvecasing having a valve and provided with an air-chamber and With means for detachably. connecting lthe air-chamber over the aperture, an air-pipe through which compressed air is supplied and connected into the air-w chamber, a brush having a tubular member in its head,aflexible web connected to the. tubular member and terminating among the l bristles of the brush, a plunger operating .in

the tubular member and operative by the hand that holds the brush .to control the floW of the paint, and a flexible tube betweenA the'valve-casing and the tubular nieniber'in the ybrush-head.

ol any reqirred s.ze, as at 10', and is p1'ov.iled

'lihe reservoir portion ofthe device may beA witha relatively large dischargefa erture 1l, profi-Wably with a threaded tubu ar projee--' tion i2, surrou? dii'gthe aperture.

The valve-casmg is'rep-resei ted at l3.with

the valve-plugdll of approved .forni and secured in place byascrew 15, s o that the plug may be readily detachedv .Whe-i required. Depeiding from thecasiig I3'is an air-chamber 16 and provided with a threaded shell i7 for engagi g the threaded tubular portion 12, surrou ding theaperture l1. By this meai s it is obvious that the valve-casing, with its. vvalve-chamber, may be readily coupled to and u coupled from the reservoir-10.

Detachably connected to the valve-casing and extending the'. .ce through. the chamber 16 and into the reservoir 1() is a pipe 18, whch at its lower end bears upon the bottom of the reservoir and `is provided with lateral apertures 19, as shown in Fig. 1. rllie tube 18 preferably threaded into the valvecas.i' g, as at 20, so that it can be readily de tached when required. Leading into the chamber 16 is an air-pipe 2l, having a'checkvalve, ndii-.at'ed at 22,) the pipe 21. providing meai's for couplng ai air-pump to supply a`r inder pressure to the chamber and thence to the space above the paint in the reservolr. The brush portion of the device comprises the head 23, bristles 24, handle 25, and the inclosing sheet-metal band or'l casing 26, the latter extending around the head portion and extending over the upper part of the bristles. Formed in the head portion 23 of the brush and extending .transversely of the same l,is a recess 27, opening through one side of the head. and closed by the casing 26. Within the recess 27 is disposedva tubular' member 28, having a depeni ingbranch 29 and with a feed-tube 30, connected. thereto preferably near one eii'd and leading outwardly through the head. Attached to the branch 29 is a K flexible tubular web 31 with spaced 'sidesv and (Jokv wenn@ to th bianh 29 and 'flexible web "31 uncovered. The valve-casing-13 is provided Witha' threaded coupling member 37 to which one end ofa hose 38 is connected, 'the other end of the hose being coupled to.

the outer endof lthe feed-pi 'e 30, as at 39.

- By -this means whenl the p unger 33 is 'in withdrawn position, as in Fig. 1 communication is opensbetween the conductor or hose 38'and the discharge-.web 31 32; but whenv the stem 34 is pushed inwardly by pressure 35 thecplunger Will cut ofll the The knob 35 is'disposed in convenient osi- .tionfor the fore "or index iin er of the and which holds the brush, lan the valve or plunger 33'can' thus be easily maintained in its closed orinward position and the supply of aint cut off when not required. l

he air-pressure causes the Apaint to flow to y the brush no matter in what position the latl -ter may beheld and the flow is under complete control of theoperator, as above noted.

onecolor or4 quality of paint to the other.

All the parts of the valve and its attachments' are readily detachable for cleansing,

Vwhichwill be required when changing from 'The hose 38 is v also readily detachable when required for cleansing after using.

- yHavin vvthus' described the invention, what is claime is 1 In a device 'of-the class described, a

' brush having a transverse recess in the head portion', a tubular member within s aid recess, a web of flexible material depending "from said tubular member and with the sides -converglngto the dischar eend and dis osed among the bristles of the rush, said tu ular member provided' with an outlet communi- 'catinl with theinterior of the flexible'web,

y afee -tube connected to said tubular memhead,a-pl1ng er slidablein said tubular member and leadingfoutwardlyfrom said brushyposition, and means" der pressure to the feed-tube.'

ber and ada ted to cut off the flow of the ma-f l Aterial there om,and means for supplying paint under pressure to the feed-tube.

2. In a device of the class described, a l

'member and leading outwardly through saidbrushehead, a plunger slidable in said' tu'bular member and ada ted to cut ol the flow ofthe material there om,"and means for s'upvbrush having a transverse recess in the head portion and opening outwardly therefrom, a

.tubular member Within said recess, a casmg plyn paint'under pressure 'to the feed-tube.

n a device of the class described,"a brush having a transverse recess in the head portion, a tubular member Within'saidj're-V cess,- a branch depending from said tubular member, a tubular web ending from saidbranch and with the si es converging -to the Idischarge end and disposed amongthe bristles of 'the brush, afe'ed-tube connected to f the. tubular member, la'dplunger ,slidable in said tubular'rnember an 'ada ted to cut o the ilow of the material there om and'with Ian loperating-'stem 'extending beyond -the head o'lti'on, a spring'operating to'mamtaln v saidp unger and stemyieldably in withdrawn ln. testimony that We claim lthel foregoing as our own we' have hereto affixed' our sl'gnatures inthe presence of two witnesses.

- lGOTTFRIED; MEYER.

CHAR-LES G. BRAUN.

.Witnessesi DAvIn MCOABE,

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